STUDY AND ANALYSIS CONCERNING THE URGENCY OF APPLICATION FOR EXPANDING THE REGENCY/CITY AREA IN BANTEN PROVINCE

The establishment of a region can be in the form of a merging of several regions or parts of a contiguous region or division and one region becoming two or more. Regional expansion is basically intended to provide opportunities for regions to be able to take care of their own households, which in turn can increase the level of welfare in their area. The proposal for regional expansion in the regional government began with the promotion of regional autonomy with the issuance of Law No. 22 of 1999 concerning Regional Government, Law No. 32 of 2004 concerning Regional Government, Law no. 12 of 2008 concerning the Second Amendment to Law No. 32 of 2004 concerning Regional Government and Law No. 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government. The research model used is qualitative research, where the data used is weighted data in providing reinforcement in the research process. The approach in this research is sociological juridical where in addition to reviewing the laws and regulations relating to regional expansion, sociological studies are also carried out by conducting observations and territorial data in Banten Province. The results of this study, the implementation of the division of the Regency/City in Banten Province has been carried out referring to existing laws and regulations, and in general has been quite successful. However, there are a number of Regency/City areas which in the regional capacity do not yet have the sufficiency to become independent regions